A Brighter Future for Nature: Combating Wildlife Crime

World Wildlife Fund is coming to Boston!

Join WWF and Rachel Kramer, Senior Program Officer, TRAFFIC and Wildlife Conservation, for an insider’s look at wildlife trafficking, the fourth most profitable illicit trade in the world. Run by well-organized international criminal networks, wildlife crime is threatening the survival of many species, including rhinos, elephants and tigers. Engage with other WWF supporters while you uncover how this dangerous underworld trade is conducted, and discover what we are doing to turn the tide on wildlife crime and create a brighter future for our most vulnerable species.

Rachel Kramer
Senior Program Officer, TRAFFIC and Wildlife Conservation

Rachel Kramer is a wildlife crime expert at World Wildlife Fund with a decade of experience in field-based conservation, wildlife and natural resource trade monitoring, policy and technology solutions. With TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network that is a strategic alliance of WWF and IUCN, Rachel has overseen projects in Africa and Asia and manages wildlife trade assessments—including in the United States—to support enforcement action and deliver policy change. Through WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project supported by a Google Global Impact Award, Rachel joined United for Wildlife partners to found WILDLABS.NET: the conservation technology network. Rachel got her start in conservation serving in the Peace Corps in Madagascar from 2006-2009, leading community-based monitoring and conservation projects until her evacuation in the political coup. Her graduate research at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies focused on surveying wild species consumption and natural resource dependence in Park-bordering communities in Madagascar’s northeastern rainforest. Rachel is committed to harnessing the power of communities and technology to advance sustainable use of natural resources for future generations.